Folding fan.



F. H. WAGGONER.

FOLDING FAN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. Hi, I9l5.

Patented June 26, 1917.

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FOLDING FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed November 18, 1916. .Serial No. 132,128.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. WAGGONER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Folding F ans,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a fan foldable into a thin, flat, mailable parcel suitable, for example, for advertising purposes; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this type which will be easily folded and unfolded, sightly in appearance, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture and in which the foldable handle will be retained in its unfolded position with respect to the body of the fan as against incidental disturbances when the fan is used.

This application is a continuation, in part, of my co-pending .application Serial N 0. 117,964, filed August 31, 1916 with respect, particularly, to the form of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawing of that application.

The invention is illustrated, in certain preferred embodiments, in the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a View, in perspective, of one form of the invention showing the device unfolded.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified construction showing the fan body sections unfolded but the handle'folded.

Fig. 3 is a similar'view of thefan shown in Fig. 2 but with the handlein the position of use. Fig. 4 is a detail section on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Figs. 5 and 6 are views corresponding to Figs. 2 and 3 illustrating another modification, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 77 of Fig. 6.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring. first to Fig. 1, the fan body 10 consists of. a sheet of relatively stiff ma terial such, for example, as cardboard, which is folded "along'line '11; tolprovide two sections 12, 13, which are foldable one upon the other. 14 is a handle which may consist section 12 at a fixed point thereon by means of an eyelet 15, or other suitable means. The section 13 is formed with a curved slot 16 which provides a tab 17 adapted to overlie the end of handle 14 when the latter is turned to the position of use. The dotted lines indicate the position of the handle when the device is folded, for mailing, for example. Section 13 will, in such case, be folded over upon section 12 so that the handle will lie between the sections and the latter may be held together by a paper clip, or other suitable means.

If the material of the fan body is sufficiently stiff and heavy the engagement provided by tab 17 is adequate to hold the handle in the position of use. When thinner, more flexible stock is used, I prefer to modify slightly the arrangements providing the engagement for the inner end of the handle. For example, in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 the section 13 is provided with two preferably curved slits 18,19, which together provide a retaining band 20 for the end of the handle14 The portion 21 of slit 19 provides a stop for one edge of the handle as shown'in Figs. 3 and 4. Preferably the extremities 22 of the slits are deflected from the line'ofthe main portions of the slits so as to resist the tendency ofthe retaining band to tear out. It willbe seen that this arrangement, which involves making only two slits in the section across the fold from the pivot, provides an effective engagement for the upper end of the handle which holds the handle in place when the fan is in use. The fan body is severed in such manner that there are no projections formed likely to bend out or tear OH. The two slits provide the entire means for retaining the end of the handle including the stop for one edge of the same, checking turning of the handle on its pivot. After the handle has been forced under the retaining band 20 the edge 21 necessarily springs back against the edge of the handle so as to provide automatically a positive stop for the handle preventing it from turning on its pivot until released. This stop is at the extremity of the handle.

A slightly different arrangement is shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. In this form of the invention the fan section 13 is provided with a pairof substantially parallel slits 23 arone of which lies in front of and one back of the end of the handle 1d". The tabs are slightly displaced from the plane of the fan body when the handle is unfolded. The slits 23, 23 provide stops for the edges of the handle, checking the tendency to dis placement of the handle in either direction from the position of use.

It will be understood that while my invention is described in certain preferred embodiments it is not to be considered as limited to the precise details of construction shown and described, except so far as the claims are expressly so limited.

I claim:

1. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two .sections foldable one upon the other, and a handle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line of fold between the sections; the section on the other side of said line of fold from the pivotal connection being formed with a curved slit which permits a part of said fan body to overlap the end of the handle.

2. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two sections foldable one upon the other, and a handle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line of fold between the sections; the section on the other sid of said line of told from the pivotal connection being formed with a pair of curved slits providing a retaining band for the end of the handle.

3. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two sections foldable one upon the other, and a handle pivotally connected toone of said sections at a fixed oint and adapted to extend across the line of fold between the sections; the section on the other side of said line of fold from the pivotal connectionbeing formed with a pair of curved slits providing a retaining band for the end of the handle, and a stop for on v edge of the same which resists the tendency of the handle, when unfolded, to turn on its pivot. I

4. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising twosections foldable one upon the other, and a handle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line of fold between the sections; the section on the other side of said line of told from the pivotal connection being formed with a pair of slits providing a retaining band for the end of the handle, the extremities of which slits are deflected out of line with the rest of the slits to check the tendency of the fan body to tear.

5. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two sections foldable one upon the other, and a handle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line of fold between the sections; the section on the other side of said line of told from the pivotal connection being formed with a curved slit and adjacent thereto with another slit which together provide a retaining band for one end of the handle, and a stop for the edge thereof.

6. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two sections toldable one upon the other, and a handle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line of told between the sections; the section on the other side of said line of fold from the pivotal connection being formed with a curved slit and adjacent thereto with another slit which together provide a retaining band for one end of the handle, and a stop for the edge thereof, the extremities of said slits being deflected from the main portion of the slits for the purpose of preventing the tearing of the material at these places.

7. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two sections foldable one upon the other, and ahandle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line i of fold between the sections; the section 011 the other side of said line of fold from the pivotal connection being provided with a curved retaining band for the end of the handle.

8. In a fan, the combination of abody portion comprising two sections foldable one open the other, and a handle pivotally connected to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to extend across the line of told between the sections; the section on the other side of said line of fold from the pivotal connection being provided with a curved retaining band for the end of the handle which forms a stop for one edge of the same.

9. In a fan, the combination of a body portion comprising two sections foldable one upon the other, and a handle pivoted to one of said sections at a fixed point and adapted to interlock with the other section by engagements which resist the movement of the handle from the position of use.

FRANK H. WAGGONER.

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